Youthful Speaker Mason A Leader From Cleveland
A profile of Mason born in Cleveland in 1887 who rose to preside as Speaker of the Ohio Legislature. He lost his father in a railroad accident, grew up in hardship, and entered law before turning to politics. A Republican, he joined the Tippecanoe club and opposed the 50 year franchise reform.
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Waney c. Wasoyep
Mr. Mason
Cleveland
Charlies G. Mason
Piet Objio Volunteer Light Artillery
Mason
The
Hoena
Knights of Pything
Tippecanoe Club
Alwayas
Cuyahoga County
Avi
Colo el E. Ly Drake
Atenok
A.nuisaijpe
George H. Bissell
New York
Pennayivauis Rock Oil Company
Drake
Titusville
Draka
Hia Basi- Rese Associates
Deeter
Plitteburg
Colonel Drake
Pittsburg
Water Palace Project Aims for Paris Exposition 1900
A proposed glass and water clad structure titled the Water Palace or Chateau D Eau is planned for the Paris Exposition of 1900. Jan Zawiarcki of Cracow drafts the 800 foot tall three story design featuring Renaissance Taeseen and Ionic orders with a crystal water dome.
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Ides Ja Ensor
Jan Zawiarcki
Cracow
Paris
Oil and Homesteading Echoes From early drilling era
A retrospective portrait recalls Col Earl Drake and Titusville oil beginnings, the 1860s rush, and the rise of pipelines and refining. It also surveys the homestead act’s spread westward with Dr Freeman’s 1868 patent, and a broad view of western settlement and land availability across states and territories.
Woman Landscape Gardener Breaks Ground in Field
Mrs A B McClure of Chicago emerges as a professional landscape gardener after supporting her late husband in his business and taking on large contracts. She has laid out grounds for a Newberry Michigan asylum, the Grand Rapids Soldiers Home, and city parks in St Paul and Milwaukee, and advocates teaching landscape gardening in public schools.
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Rebpot
Goshera
Formae
Pitteturg
United States
New York
Chicago
Eve. McClure
A. B. McClure
HBS
A.B. McLore
Aho
Newberry
Mich
Grand Rapida
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Misa Fuller Becomes Tacoma Harbor Master in 1900s
Misa Fay Fuller, notable Tacoma woman and mountain climber, is named harbor master to fill in for ill Henry G. Hofin. She will keep shipping records, log vessel masters and destinations, and oversee city harbor operations. Tacoma’s exports and imports for the year are cited with a salary of 678 per month and substantial fee income.
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Misa Fuller
Tacoma
Misa Fay Fuller
Tacoma News
Aise
Henry G. Hofin
Miss Fuller
Pay Fuller
Fuller
Fawcett
Nice Fuller
Lacoma
Custom House
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Ohio Legis
Abbe Huo
Coalcil
Subata
Venango
Pennsylvania
EB. L. Drake
Tyre
California
Nerrabka
Daniel Lee Hin Lender
Beatrice
Gage County
Neb
Daniel Preeman
House of Representatives
Wales
General Land Office
Washington
Benton
Daniel Frreenay
Freeman Cane
Fomestead
Dr. Freeman
Freeman
Sage County
Miscouri
Ewamp
Arkanesd
Kanna
de Reese
Moody
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Montana
New
New México
Arizona
Aja
Shor
Lafayette
Inlirens
Jack
Daily City
W.H. Zinn
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